St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-10


tinued in New York, and he was called to
the witness stand to testify in his own be-
half He gave his version of the speech he
made i'll Kraemer's Hall. 1t lacked the
threats and violent language he is charged
with having uttered He refused to answer
number of questions, on the ground that
the answers would tend to criminate him.
He said he was a COmmunishc Anarchlst,
and continued: 1--WE do not fight against
any particular government. We do not eS-
peCially fight the government OF the United
States. We are opposed to government as
such. We think that the power held by
the government should be abolished We
do not expect that the capitalistic classes Will
give up what they have .peaceably there
will be fierce fighting on both sides. Judge
CoWing in his charge, after going over the
testimony, said he failed to find anything IN
the speech Of Most, as he gave 1t at the tflaI,
that came within the statute. The jury Went
out at 80 and returned at 10 7. NJ. with
verdict of guilty On the first ballot the jury
stood seven for acquttal and five tor conYlc-
ton. After several ballots it became SIX to
six. Finally the six for acQuittal gave IN. 1t
took three hours to change the hrSt man
from acquttal to conviction.
A dispatch from San Antonio, TEX, says
Louis SchiIlin@, the German American who
IS now III Washington with petition tor
Federal aid in his efforts to obtain reparatlon
from the Mexican government for various
wrongs and crueltics he claims to have re
triyed from the hands of the Mexican
authorities, is pronounced a crank II not an
actual lunatic. by neighbors in eStcln
Texas. among whom he says he lived for
several years, 1t appears that Schlllng was
convicted Of lunacv at Fort Davis about a
year ago and was turned over TO has brother
for SaIekceping. He soon escaped from MS
brother and wandered over into Mexico,
soon after which he claimed to have been
robbed. shot and unustly imprisoned by
Mexican officers
\ petition has been filed in court in Wash
ington asking for a writ of mandamus on
Postmaster Conger. of Washington, direct
ing him to receive and forWardaS thlrd-cI"S9
matter envelopes on which the petitioner
business card is printed. Under a recent
ruling Of the Postmaster General the PRINT
ing of business card on an envelope makes
the package it contains subject 10 letter post
age.
Captain J. f. Simpson, of the 1hlrd
Cavalry, has been retired because OF dls-
ability incident to the service.
The Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves have
located the position for their monument at
Gettysburg.
An interview with Chester Holcombe, OF
Pekin. China. formerly of the American
legation, has been published in Chicago
paper 1t asserts that he is III league Win
heavy American capitalists in China invest
ments and that he will obtain a charter, on
his return to China, for the construction OF a
double track railway, to run from some con
venient point in Pekin to the iron and coal
mountains that lie little less than fifteen
miles distant. He will also receive imperial
letters patent authorizing the Hocombe
American syndicate to open up coal and IRON
mines in said mountains and to supply the
Chinese generally with coal and construct
water works in Pekn and to supply 100000
Pekinites with water, to construct sewers
viaducts, bridges etc.
Brown, Wood & Kingman, dry goods COM
mission merchants, of New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and Chicago, have decided to
90 into liquidation. They did business OF
from s12, ,OOO,O to s14, 100000 year. W.
L. Brown one of the partners, says the firm
is perfectly solvent and will have large sur
plus when the business is closed out.
The store of John P. Evans, dealer In
general merchandise at Wilkesbarre, has
been closed by the sheriff. There were nearly
100 failures in Luzerne county during last
month
The case of certain creditors against the
firm of c. J. Kershaw & Co, of Chicago,
which collapsed during the big wheat corner,
has been decided in that city. Charles b.
Eggleston was a special partner, and the
only member of the firm having any prop
erty. The creditors in their bill claimed that
EggIeston was actively interested in the
business, and should, therefore, be declared
a general partner and compelled to liquidate
the Indebtedness of the firm. To this Eg
gleston demurred, and the court IN Its de-
cision sustained the demurrer
Henry K. Miller and Louis F. Huth had
discussion with an unknown Anarchist in
a saloon in New York day or two ago
The Anarchist, becoming angered, drew
revolver and shot Miller in the neck and
Huth in the left hand. They were taken to
the hospital and their assailalG was soon al
terward arrested. His name was ascertained
to be William Bowling. He had slight
bullet wound in one of his feet Miller and
Huth say that, after shooting them, he at
tempted to rifle the money drawer, when
Miller fired shot at him and he ran away
The judgment of the lower court IN the
case of Daniel Driscol, who murdered Bezle
Gerrity, in McCarthy's dive in New York,
has been affirmed by the Court OF Appeals
in Albany and Driscol will be hanged.
Some hunters on the mountains east OF
Shenandoah, Pa, found the dead body OF
an infant in box under pile OF stones.
There was evidence that the child had been
murdered after its BIRTH
Henry A. Herdman, once respected book
keeper in the Citizens National Bank IN
Kansas City, Mo-, has been sentenced to six
years imprisonment for forgery. He was
arrested in Chicago month ago while at
tempting to buy $4,000 worth of government
bonds with the proceeds of his crime.
Cabanne, who is awaiting trial at Lelpslc
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